Eliminating the Problem of Street Children

                  Street children and child labor are two sides of the same coin. To completely lift the children away from the street into a safe haven, we should first wage a fight against the child labor. Eliminating child labor is indisputably a sound financial investment. A recent reconsideration by the ILO (International Labor Organization) estimates that eliminating child labor over two decades would yield an estimated US$5.1 trillion in benefits for both developing and transitional economies where most child laborers are found.
                  An additional vital component of eradicating the problem is the insertion of community awareness activities in project designs. For example, a public awareness campaign to educate parents, community leaders, local organizations, teachers, and civil society about the multifarious hazards associated with street children and its negative long-term effects on future society would be beneficial. Let us not forget that the fight against street children is to expand the frontiers of human dignity and independence in the long run.